Associate Director, SEO (Generative Engine Optimization)
VML · Dallas, Texas, United States
Posted 20 days ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 20 days VML's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of VML's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at VML
- low 0 stale, 8 reposted of 582 open
- Hiring momentum
- 886 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
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About this role
The Associate Director, SEO will focus on delivering advanced search and generative engine optimization for a major enterprise client. Responsibilities include facilitating strategy workshops, developing content briefs, managing prompt strategies, and overseeing post-launch optimization. The role requires collaboration with various teams and a strong understanding of SEO and GEO principles to enhance brand visibility in both traditional and AI-generated search results.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
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What you need
- 6-8 years experience working in SEO, agency experience required
- Demonstrable GEO or AI-visibility experience, including prompt set design, LLM-oriented content briefing, or measurement of brand presence in AI-generated answers
- Experience facilitating client-facing workshops or strategy sessions with senior stakeholders
- Willingness and availability to complete hands-on demo environment work and the client's reference training before any client-facing engagement
- Hands-on experience with enterprise brand visibility platforms, like Profound, Peec, Adobe, etc. or the ability to reach working fluency in a demo environment quickly
- Experience with SEO tools such as SEMRush, Deepcrawl, STAT, Screaming Frog, MOZ, and comparable AI visibility tracking platforms, preferred
What you get
- Competitive benefits package
- Hybrid work approach, with teams in the office an average of four days a week
Worth weighing
- No specific salary mentioned, only a range of $75,000 to $180,000 USD based on various factors
- The role involves significant client interaction and requires strong facilitation skills in a co-branded context
- Requires staying current with rapidly evolving SEO and GEO practices, which may demand ongoing learning and adaptation
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Listed by VML on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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